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This is v.o.a. News I'm Gene Randall.
Country's ever born their 1st cases of
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a new coronavirus Lithuania has confirmed
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a 39 year old woman who returned home
from the Italian city of her Rhona is
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infected on Thursday a stone announced
its covered 1000 patient was
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a man would visit Iran both cases are
described as mild mainland China reported
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$337.00 new corona virus infections yesterday
the lowest daily number in more than
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a month but elsewhere in the world things
are getting worse in South Korea the
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hardest hit country outside China the
caseload has swollen to more than 2000
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including 256 new infections and 13 deaths
most of the cases are in Daegu South
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Korea's 4th largest city here in the United
States officials are reporting the 1st
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coronavirus case of unknown origin meaning
the female victim in Northern California
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Dr travel outside the u.s.
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Are come in contact with anyone who
was infected reporting for v.o.a.
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From Geneva Lisa says with global infection
numbers on the rise in dozens of
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countries the World Health Organization
is urging all nations to be alert to the
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danger and to act on it the World Health
Organization reports the number of new
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infections of Corona virus appears to be
on the decline in China while the disease
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is spreading more rapidly
around the globe w.h.o.
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Chief Tadros I don't know Gabriel's
souse acknowledges this is
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a matter of concern but he knows the barbers
can be contained to fall nations take
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the right measures if you act aggressively
now you can contain spiders you
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can prevent people getting sick you can
save lives taters says this virus does not
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respect borders and nations must seek to
prevent cases from infiltrating their
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territory Lisa sly and for v.o.a.
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News Geneva to say up to date on all the
day's news we invite you online to v.o.a.
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News dot com from Washington this is video.
News the president of Turkey and Russia
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today spoke by phone
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a day after Syrian government air strikes
killed 33 Turkish troops it was the
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largest Turkish death toll since Ankara
entered the Syrian conflict in 2016 and
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a serious escalation of tensions with
Moscow Meanwhile Turkey is calling on the
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international community to impose
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a no fly zone in Syria to protect
hundreds of thousands of civilians from
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airstrikes in and around it lead province
Turkey charges that Russia and Iran
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allies of Syria's President Bashar al Assad
will produce lose all their credibility
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if they fail on their commitment to
reduce violence and hostilities in the
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embattled area global markets
are continuing there could run
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a virus induced plunge Germany's Dax is
down more than 5 percent chalky in Shanghai
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exchanges were off by nearly 4
percent and here in the u.s.
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Wall Street is bracing for another
difficult day here's the a.p.
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Zaria Shaklee in London will Street has
enjoyed its biggest one day drop in the 9
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years and experts say New York markets
looks set for more losses Germany's Dax
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index skidded more than 5 percent and in
Asia Tokyo in Shanghai closed 3.7 percent
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lower to investors have been more confident
the disease that emergent December
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might be under control but outbreaks in
Italy South Korea Japan and especially Iran
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have fueled fears this
fire is turning into
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a global threat my derail
Trade and Industry I'm sorry
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a shockingly Israelis go to
the polls for a 3rd time in
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a year and next week it'll be another
referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu Israel's
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longest serving prime minister whose political
future is at stake it is also one of
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chance to end Israel's long running political
stalemate Linda Gradstein reports for
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v.o.a.
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From Tel Aviv just as in the 2 previous
elections this year neither the 10 Yahoo in
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his Likud Party nor his challenger
Benny Gantz seem able to form
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a majority coalition in the 126 parliament
however the public votes in. Selection
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the time and risk bank will be ultimately
determined by his corruption trial
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scheduled to start cheering for
election day. Fred Sanford b l
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a news television. In Afghanistan the
reduction of violence agreement between the
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United States and the Taliban is said to
be holding and after nearly 19 years of
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war tomorrow's expected announcement on
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a peace deal is being greeted with both
optimism and some misgivings Hong Kong
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police today arrested 3 prominent
pro-democracy activists including media mogul
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Jimmy lie on charges of illegal assembly
he has announced book and critic of
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Beijing all 3 were charged
with in connection with
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a protest March in August and are due
in court on May 5th More news at v.o.a.
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News dot com Gene Randall v.o.a.
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News.
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00:30:12
Welcome to learning English
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a daily 30 minute program from the Voice
of America I'm Jonathan Evans and I'm
00:30:21
Ashley Thompson this program is aimed
at English learners so we speak
00:30:27
a little slower and we use words and phrases
especially written for people learning
00:30:33
English. Today on the program
00:30:40
you will hear from people Dorothy Gandhi
and Alice Bryant later we will present our
00:30:47
American history series The Making of
00:30:50
a nation. But 1st here is
Pete muster. In October
00:30:57
26th Tina the head of Russia's
largest oil company traveled to the
00:31:03
birthplace of Chavez the
former president of Venezuela
00:31:10
Rosenau eft Chief Executive Officer
Igor say Chen brought with him
00:31:15
a singing group from Moscow to
celebrate the presentation of
00:31:21
a huge statue of the former
leader Chavez had died 3 years
00:31:27
earlier say Chin's visit marked
00:31:31
a turning point in the relationship
between Russia and Venezuela he spoke to
00:31:38
a crowd of government supporters in Spanish
which he learned in his days working
00:31:45
for the Soviet military in
Africa we have no choice between
00:31:51
victory or death said sation
repeating the words of
00:31:56
a Venezuelan independence hero. He
was describing the deepening ties
00:32:03
between Russia and Venezuela in their
competition with the United States
00:32:10
we must achieve victory
he said now the u.s.
00:32:15
Government wants to break up that growing
partnership as part of its campaign to
00:32:21
remove Chavez's replacement
Nicolas Maduro earlier this month
00:32:28
the u.s.
00:32:29
Treasury Department barred American
companies from doing business with the rose
00:32:34
next trading s.
00:32:36
a It accused the company the
subsidiary of Russia's state own oil
00:32:43
business of supporting.
As he seeks to avoid u.s.
00:32:49
Sanctions for months u.s.
00:32:52
Officials have been warning foreign companies
that they could face action if they
00:32:58
continue to do business with Madeira and
his government those warnings have been
00:33:05
directed mainly at Russia the us
government made it illegal for
00:33:11
Americans to buy crude oil from Venezuela
00:33:15
a year ago and government officials
say Russia has processed about
00:33:22
70 percent of Venezuelan oil
sales since that time Francisco
00:33:29
money all day is
00:33:30
a Venezuelan oil expert at Rice
University in Houston Texas he
00:33:37
told the Associated Press the latest actions
should cause concern among companies
00:33:43
in countries that continue to partner with
00:33:47
a Venezuelan state
operated oil company p s
00:33:53
a the u.s.
00:33:55
Action could also lead to the ending of
00:33:58
a special license for Chevron.
The permit has so far kept the
00:34:04
California based company from having
to pull out of Venezuela Chevron
00:34:11
is
00:34:11
a partner in joint operations
with. A Together they
00:34:18
are responsible for about
00:34:20
a 4th of Venezuela's
total oil production in
00:34:25
a statement p.d.
00:34:27
Vs
00:34:28
a condemned the us government for
what it called economic assassination
00:34:35
aimed at taking control of Venezuela's
oil industry foreign minister
00:34:42
Jorge Arriaga said the new actions
would support Venezuela's case
00:34:48
against the administration of u.s.
00:34:51
President Donald Trump Venezuela is
accusing the administration of crimes
00:34:57
against humanity and is taking the case
to the International Criminal Court
00:35:04
Rosen after operates several
oil fields with p.d.
00:35:08
Vs say that it has controlled since
Chavez's government forced u.s.
00:35:14
Companies out of the country but oil
experts say that as the new go to
00:35:20
supplier of the country's crude oil
supplies Rose NAFTA wins 2 ways
00:35:28
1st rose snuffed buys Venezuela's
high quality mat a 16 crude at
00:35:34
a greatly reduced cost it then
uses money from sales of my day
00:35:41
$16.00 to pay down $6500000000.00 lent to
00:35:47
say since 2014 for the purchase of
Russian made weaponry and other
00:35:54
goods. To avoid problems for
buyers in China and India
00:36:00
Rosneft has been using oil transport ships
that try to hide what they are carrying
00:36:08
they turn off their required tracking
systems and carry out risky ship
00:36:15
to ship exchanges off the coast
of West Africa and other areas in
00:36:22
the short term Francisco expects mud
Doro will have to pay more to find
00:36:28
someone else to take on the added
risk of moving the country's oil that
00:36:35
means Venezuela will have even less money
to import food and medical supplies
00:36:42
or repair its failing electricity
infrastructure and with storage
00:36:48
centers already full
production that is already at
00:36:53
a 70 year low is likely to fall
even further he added still
00:36:59
nobody expects oil sales from Venezuela
to dry up completely That is
00:37:06
unless the u.s.
00:37:07
Navy blocks all of the country's
ports the trumpet ministration has
00:37:14
refused to deny it will do so but
has shown no sign of taking that
00:37:20
action the United States leads
00:37:24
a group of now nearly 60 nations
that recognize Venezuelan opposition
00:37:30
leader. As the country's
rightful leader the group
00:37:37
considers Maduro's 2018
reelection illegal in turn
00:37:44
Russia has accused that trump administration
of spreading false information to
00:37:51
engineer and overthrow of the
government. Richard nephew is an energy
00:37:57
researcher at Columbia University
in New York he helped design the
00:38:04
u.s.
00:38:04
Sanctions policy while at the State Department
during the presidency of Barack Obama
00:38:12
nephew sad by not dealing with Rose NAFTA
itself and only going after one of its
00:38:19
many parts the effect on Russia's
continued support for Magaro will likely
00:38:26
be limited This seems more like
00:38:29
a warning shot designed to look bigger
than it actually is he noted it's
00:38:36
shooting someone who is Russian sounding
without really punishing the Russians
00:38:42
themselves several pro Putin
lawmakers were dismissive of the
00:38:48
trumpet ministrations efforts they said
they would appeal to the World Trade
00:38:54
Organization to remove what
they described as unlawful u.s.
00:39:00
Actions I think this issue can
be resolved. To jabber of
00:39:07
a member of Russia's upper house of
parliament told our novo state news
00:39:14
agency they're smart over there
in Rose NAFTA and they will find
00:39:20
a way to get around it I'm
Dorothy Gandhi and I'm Moscow.
00:39:52
Hi everyone today let's
start the program with
00:39:56
a question What is your city
famous for making I'll tell you
00:40:03
my answer New York is famous
for making great pizza Here's
00:40:10
another question that follows the same
structure what are you excited about
00:40:16
learning I hope your answer is how to
make sentences that use adjectives
00:40:23
followed by propositions and Jaron that
is the topic of today's every day grammar
00:40:29
program without even realizing
it you may already know several
00:40:35
adjectives that use this sentence
structure let's look at 3 of them today
00:40:42
interested excited and bored
now listen to 2 sentences that
00:40:49
use the adjective bored and think
about which sounds more natural
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Noemi was bored of doing the same
job. Was bored to do the same
00:41:02
job hopefully the 1st sentence
sounds more natural to you
00:41:09
if so your ears are probably accustomed
to hearing the structure we are exploring
00:41:16
today b.
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Plus adjective plus proposition
plus Jr and. In the sentence
00:41:24
was is the verb of being bored
is the adjective of is the
00:41:30
proposition and doing is the Geron
and you may remember that a Geron is
00:41:37
a verb form that ends
and i n g and acts as
00:41:42
a noun if the 2nd example sounds more
natural to you you are likely in the
00:41:49
habit of making the common mistake of
using an infinitive after some adjectives
00:41:57
you may remember that
the infinitive form of
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a verb is 2 plus its simplest
form as in to do but
00:42:07
think of the adjective plus
prep a zisha in structure as
00:42:11
a signal that some kind of
noun will follow such as
00:42:15
a Geron and or noun phrase
not an infinitive verb
00:42:22
Ok so I mentioned the adjective
interested excited and bored
00:42:29
now let's look at the propositions that
usually come after them listen for the
00:42:36
word that follows interested in the
next example he is interested in
00:42:42
studying abroad the word n.
00:42:46
Is the only prep
00:42:47
a zisha and that can come after the
adjective interested I cannot say for
00:42:54
example I am interested about
studying abroad the good news is that
00:43:01
even though the grammar is not correct the
listener would probably still understand
00:43:07
my meaning Now listen for the
proposition in this example I
00:43:14
am excited about learning to play the
guitar I hope you noted the prep
00:43:20
a zisha about it almost always
follows the adjective excited.
00:43:27
Finally listen for the prep
00:43:29
a zisha And in this example they
were bored of staying inside all day
00:43:37
that's right bored of usually
goes together as you can see in
00:43:44
English specific prep
00:43:46
a zisha ins follow specific
adjectives before we go
00:43:53
let's briefly hear what today's example
sound like in the negative form here
00:44:00
are the 3 examples is not interested
in studying abroad he plans to
00:44:06
travel after he finishes school Noemi
was not bored of doing the same job
00:44:14
she learned something new every day I am
not excited about learning to play the
00:44:20
guitar my father is making me do it
can you see how to form the negative
00:44:28
simply add the word not between the b.
00:44:31
Verb and the adjective but keep in
mind that most native English speakers
00:44:38
use contractions so in real life the
sentences would probably sound more
00:44:44
like he's not interested in studying
abroad and Noemi wasn't bored of doing the
00:44:51
same job so what can you do to
practice the grammar we talked about
00:44:58
today here's one idea try to
familiarize yourself with
00:45:04
a list of about 20 of the most common
adjectives that are followed by propositions
00:45:12
then listen and look for those
adjectives whenever you hear and read
00:45:18
English ask yourself if the speaker
or writer is using the sentence
00:45:25
structure from today's lesson. You
can also practice writing your own
00:45:31
sentences and then use them when
you speak or write English to
00:45:38
friends or practice partners while
today's topic is fresh in your mind
00:45:45
here's
00:45:45
a great way to practice right now
answer 12 or all of these questions
00:45:54
What is your city famous for making
what are you excited about learning
00:46:01
what are you not bored of doing
I am very very interested
00:46:08
in reading your answers I'm Alice Bryant.
00:46:25
Welcome to the making of the
Nation American history in v.o.a.
00:46:31
Special English I'm Bob Doty with Steve
ember we continue the story of the
00:46:37
administration of Herbert Hoover
and we talk about the election of
00:46:43
1932.
00:46:55
President Herbert Hoover worked hard to
rescue the be American economy following
00:47:02
that crash the stock market it
happened in October of 1929
00:47:09
within
00:47:09
a month Hoover called the nation's business
leaders to the White House don't lower
00:47:16
wages the president told them Hoover
called on the bankers at the Federal
00:47:23
Reserve to make it easier for
businesses to borrow money. He tried to
00:47:30
provide funds to help farmers get
fair prices for their crops he
00:47:36
pushed Congress to lower
personal taxes and above all the
00:47:43
president urged Americans not to
lose hope in their economy or in
00:47:50
themselves but the economy
was in ruins falling faster
00:47:56
with each passing day of the crisis
that grew into the Great Depression the
00:48:03
value of stocks had collapsed
millions of workers lost their jobs
00:48:10
the level of industrial production in the
country was less than half of what it had
00:48:17
been before the stock market
crash Hoover's efforts were not
00:48:24
enough to stop the growing crisis in
ever greater numbers people called
00:48:30
on the president to increase federal
spending and provide jobs for people out
00:48:37
of work but the president was
00:48:41
a conservative Republican he did not
think it was the responsibility of the
00:48:48
federal government to provide relief
for poor Americans and he thought it
00:48:55
was wrong to increase spending above the
amount of money that the government
00:49:01
received in taxes the situation
seemed out of control the
00:49:07
nation's government than business leaders
appeared to have no idea how to save the
00:49:14
dollar and put people back to work.
Hoover was willing to take steps like
00:49:21
spending government money to help
farmers buy seeds and fertilizer but
00:49:28
he was not willing to give wheat to
unemployed workers who were hungry
00:49:35
he created and them urgency committee
to study the unemployment problem
00:49:42
but he would not launch government
programs to create jobs Hoover
00:49:49
called on Americans to help their
friends in need but he resisted
00:49:55
calls to spend federal funds for
major relief programs to help the
00:50:02
millions of Americans facing
disaster leaders of the
00:50:09
Democratic Party made the most of the
situation they accused the president
00:50:16
of not caring about the common man
they said Hoover was willing to spend
00:50:23
money to feed starving cattle for
businessmen but not willing to feed poor
00:50:30
children Hoover tried to show the
nation that he was dealing with
00:50:36
a crisis he worked with Congress
to try to save the banks and to
00:50:43
keep the dollar tied to the value of
gold he tried hard to balance the
00:50:50
federal budget and he told Americans
that it was not the responsibility
00:50:57
of the national government
to solve all their problems.
00:51:07
Later in 1931 President Hoover appointed
00:51:11
a new committee on unemployment he
named Walter Gifford to head this
00:51:18
committee. Gifford was chief of
00:51:21
a big company American Telephone
and Telegraph but Gifford did
00:51:28
Hoover more harm than good when he
appeared before Congress Gifford
00:51:34
was unable to defend Hoover's
position that relief was the response
00:51:41
ability of local governments and
private giving he admitted that
00:51:48
he did not know how many people were
out of work he did not know how
00:51:55
many of them needed help or
how much help they needed or
00:52:02
how much money local governments
could raise the situation grew
00:52:09
worse some Americans began to completely
lose faith in their government
00:52:16
they look to groups with extreme
political ideas to provide answers
00:52:23
some Americans joined the Communist
Party others helped elect state leaders
00:52:30
with extreme political ideas
and in growing numbers people
00:52:36
began to turn to hatred and
violence however most Americans
00:52:43
remained loyal to traditional values
even as conditions grew steadily
00:52:50
worse they looked ahead to
1932 when they would have
00:52:56
a chance to vote for
00:52:58
a new president. Leaders of the
Democratic Party felt they had an
00:53:04
excellent chance to capture the White
House in the election and their hopes
00:53:11
increased when the Republicans re nominated
President Hoover and vice president
00:53:17
Charles Curtis in the summer
of 1932 for this reason
00:53:24
competition was fierce for the Democratic
presidential nomination but top
00:53:30
candidate was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
the governor of New York State
00:53:37
Roosevelt had been reelected
to that office by
00:53:42
a large majority just 2
years earlier he came from
00:53:47
a rich and famous family
but he was seen as
00:53:52
a friend of the common man
Roosevelt was conservative in his
00:53:58
economic thinking but he was
00:54:01
a progressive in his opinion that government
should be active in helping people
00:54:09
Roosevelt had suffered from polio
and could not walk he used
00:54:15
a wheelchair although it was
really shown in news pictures
00:54:22
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2 main
opponents were Ausmus and John Garner
00:54:30
Smith had been the governor of
New York before Roosevelt garner
00:54:36
a Texan was the speaker of the House
of Representatives together they hope
00:54:43
to block Roosevelt's nomination and
they succeeded the 1st 3 times
00:54:50
that delegates voted at the Democratic
nominating convention in Chicago.
00:54:57
Roosevelt's chief political adviser James
Farley worked hard to find Roosevelt
00:55:04
the votes he needed at the
convention finally Farley found
00:55:10
a solution he made
00:55:13
a deal with the supporters of John
Garner Roosevelt would make garner the
00:55:19
vice presidential nominee if garners
forces voted to make Roosevelt the
00:55:26
presidential nominee Garner
agreed and on the next vote the
00:55:32
Democratic delegates nominated Franklin
Roosevelt to be their presidential
00:55:38
candidate Al Smith was so angry
about the deal that he left
00:55:44
Chicago without congratulating
Roosevelt Roosevelt wanted to show the
00:55:51
nation that he was the kind of man
to take action that he had more
00:55:57
imagination than Hoover so he broke
tradition and flew to Chicago
00:56:05
it was the 1st time a candidate had
ever appeared at a convention to accept
00:56:11
a nomination. And Roosevelt told the
cheering crowd back together they
00:56:18
would defeat Hoover.
00:56:27
The main issue in the campaign of
1932 was the economy President
00:56:33
Hoover defended his policies Roosevelt
and the Democrats attacked the
00:56:39
administration for not taking enough
action Roosevelt knew that most
00:56:46
Americans were unhappy with the Hoover
administration so his plan during
00:56:53
the campaign was to let Hoover
defeat himself. He avoided saying
00:57:00
anything that might make groups of
voters think he was too extreme but
00:57:07
Roosevelt did make clear that he would
move the federal government into action to
00:57:14
help people suffering from the
economic crisis he said he was for
00:57:20
a balanced federal budget but he
also said the government must be
00:57:27
willing to spend extra money to
prevent people from starving
00:57:35
Americans liked what they heard from
Franklin Roosevelt he seemed strong he
00:57:42
enjoyed life and Roosevelt seemed
willing to try new ideas to
00:57:48
experiment with government Hoover
attacked Roosevelt bitterly during the
00:57:54
campaign he warned that Roosevelt
and the Democrats would destroy the
00:58:01
American system but Americans were
tired of Hoover they thought he
00:58:07
was too serious too afraid of change
too friendly with business leaders
00:58:15
instead of the working man most of
all they blamed Hoover for the hard
00:58:21
times of the Depression on
Election Day Americans voted in
00:58:28
huge numbers for Franklin Roosevelt
and the Democrats Roosevelt
00:58:34
won $42.00 of the $48.00 states
at that time the Democrats also
00:58:41
gained
00:58:42
a large majority in both houses
of Congress the election that
00:58:49
ended 12 years of Republican rule in
the White House it also marked the
00:58:56
passing along conservative period
in American political life.
00:59:02
Franklin Delano Roosevelt would become one
of the strongest and most progressive
00:59:08
presidents in the nation's history he would
serve longer than any other president
00:59:15
changing the face some America's
political and economic systems.
00:59:24
And that's our program for today listen
again to more to learn English 3 stories
00:59:31
from around the world I'm Jonathan
other means and I'm Ashley Thompson.
01:00:22
Conflict in 2016 and
01:00:24
a serious escalation of tensions with
Moscow Meanwhile Turkey is calling on the
01:00:28
international community to impose
01:00:30
a no fly zone in Syria to protect
hundreds of thousands of civilians from
01:00:34
airstrikes in and around it look province
Turkey charges that Russia and Iran
01:00:39
allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad
quote will lose all their credibility if
01:00:44
they fail on their commitment to reduce
violence and hostilities in the embattled
01:00:47
area mainland China's latest report of new
coronavirus cases $337.00 is the lowest
01:00:53
daily number in more than
01:00:54
a month but the figures have risen in South
Korea the hardest hit country outside
01:00:59
China the caseload there has bloomed to
more than 2000 including 256 new infections
01:01:05
and 13 deaths reporting for v.o.a.
01:01:08
In Geneva Lisa she says with global
infection numbers on the rise in dozens of
01:01:12
countries the World Health Organization
is urging all nations to be alert to the
01:01:16
danger and to act on it the World Health
Organization reports the number of new
01:01:21
infections of Corona virus.
00:00:09
This is v.o.a. News I'm Gene Randall.
Country's ever born their 1st cases of
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a new coronavirus Lithuania has confirmed
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a 39 year old woman who returned home
from the Italian city of her Rhona is
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infected on Thursday a stone announced
its covered 1000 patient was
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a man would visit Iran both cases are
described as mild mainland China reported
00:00:31
$337.00 new corona virus infections yesterday
the lowest daily number in more than
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a month but elsewhere in the world things
are getting worse in South Korea the
00:00:40
hardest hit country outside China the
caseload has swollen to more than 2000
00:00:45
including 256 new infections and 13 deaths
most of the cases are in Daegu South
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Korea's 4th largest city here in the United
States officials are reporting the 1st
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coronavirus case of unknown origin meaning
the female victim in Northern California
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Dr travel outside the u.s.
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Are come in contact with anyone who
was infected reporting for v.o.a.
00:01:06
From Geneva Lisa says with global infection
numbers on the rise in dozens of
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countries the World Health Organization
is urging all nations to be alert to the
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danger and to act on it the World Health
Organization reports the number of new
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infections of Corona virus appears to be
on the decline in China while the disease
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is spreading more rapidly
around the globe w.h.o.
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Chief Tadros I don't know Gabriel's
souse acknowledges this is
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a matter of concern but he knows the barbers
can be contained to fall nations take
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the right measures if you act aggressively
now you can contain spiders you
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can prevent people getting sick you can
save lives taters says this virus does not
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respect borders and nations must seek to
prevent cases from infiltrating their
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territory Lisa sly and for v.o.a.
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News Geneva to say up to date on all the
day's news we invite you online to v.o.a.
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News dot com from Washington this is video.
News the president of Turkey and Russia
00:02:09
today spoke by phone
00:02:11
a day after Syrian government air strikes
killed 33 Turkish troops it was the
00:02:15
largest Turkish death toll since Ankara
entered the Syrian conflict in 2016 and
00:02:21
a serious escalation of tensions with
Moscow Meanwhile Turkey is calling on the
00:02:25
international community to impose
00:02:27
a no fly zone in Syria to protect
hundreds of thousands of civilians from
00:02:31
airstrikes in and around it lead province
Turkey charges that Russia and Iran
00:02:36
allies of Syria's President Bashar al Assad
will produce lose all their credibility
00:02:41
if they fail on their commitment to
reduce violence and hostilities in the
00:02:45
embattled area global markets
are continuing there could run
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a virus induced plunge Germany's Dax is
down more than 5 percent chalky in Shanghai
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exchanges were off by nearly 4
percent and here in the u.s.
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Wall Street is bracing for another
difficult day here's the a.p.
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Zaria Shaklee in London will Street has
enjoyed its biggest one day drop in the 9
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years and experts say New York markets
looks set for more losses Germany's Dax
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index skidded more than 5 percent and in
Asia Tokyo in Shanghai closed 3.7 percent
00:03:17
lower to investors have been more confident
the disease that emergent December
00:03:22
might be under control but outbreaks in
Italy South Korea Japan and especially Iran
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have fueled fears this
fire is turning into
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a global threat my derail
Trade and Industry I'm sorry
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a shockingly Israelis go to
the polls for a 3rd time in
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a year and next week it'll be another
referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu Israel's
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longest serving prime minister whose political
future is at stake it is also one of
00:03:47
chance to end Israel's long running political
stalemate Linda Gradstein reports for
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v.o.a.
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From Tel Aviv just as in the 2 previous
elections this year neither the 10 Yahoo in
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his Likud Party nor his challenger
Benny Gantz seem able to form
00:04:01
a majority coalition in the 126 parliament
however the public votes in. Selection
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the time and risk bank will be ultimately
determined by his corruption trial
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scheduled to start cheering for
election day. Fred Sanford b l
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a news television. In Afghanistan the
reduction of violence agreement between the
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United States and the Taliban is said to
be holding and after nearly 19 years of
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war tomorrow's expected announcement on
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a peace deal is being greeted with both
optimism and some misgivings Hong Kong
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police today arrested 3 prominent
pro-democracy activists including media mogul
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Jimmy lie on charges of illegal assembly
he has announced book and critic of
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Beijing all 3 were charged
with in connection with
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a protest March in August and are due
in court on May 5th More news at v.o.a.
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00:30:12
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00:30:14
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00:30:21
Ashley Thompson this program is aimed
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00:30:27
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00:30:33
English. Today on the program
00:30:40
you will hear from people Dorothy Gandhi
and Alice Bryant later we will present our
00:30:47
American history series The Making of
00:30:50
a nation. But 1st here is
Pete muster. In October
00:30:57
26th Tina the head of Russia's
largest oil company traveled to the
00:31:03
birthplace of Chavez the
former president of Venezuela
00:31:10
Rosenau eft Chief Executive Officer
Igor say Chen brought with him
00:31:15
a singing group from Moscow to
celebrate the presentation of
00:31:21
a huge statue of the former
leader Chavez had died 3 years
00:31:27
earlier say Chin's visit marked
00:31:31
a turning point in the relationship
between Russia and Venezuela he spoke to
00:31:38
a crowd of government supporters in Spanish
which he learned in his days working
00:31:45
for the Soviet military in
Africa we have no choice between
00:31:51
victory or death said sation
repeating the words of
00:31:56
a Venezuelan independence hero. He
was describing the deepening ties
00:32:03
between Russia and Venezuela in their
competition with the United States
00:32:10
we must achieve victory
he said now the u.s.
00:32:15
Government wants to break up that growing
partnership as part of its campaign to
00:32:21
remove Chavez's replacement
Nicolas Maduro earlier this month
00:32:28
the u.s.
00:32:29
Treasury Department barred American
companies from doing business with the rose
00:32:34
next trading s.
00:32:36
a It accused the company the
subsidiary of Russia's state own oil
00:32:43
business of supporting.
As he seeks to avoid u.s.
00:32:49
Sanctions for months u.s.
00:32:52
Officials have been warning foreign companies
that they could face action if they
00:32:58
continue to do business with Madeira and
his government those warnings have been
00:33:05
directed mainly at Russia the us
government made it illegal for
00:33:11
Americans to buy crude oil from Venezuela
00:33:15
a year ago and government officials
say Russia has processed about
00:33:22
70 percent of Venezuelan oil
sales since that time Francisco
00:33:29
money all day is
00:33:30
a Venezuelan oil expert at Rice
University in Houston Texas he
00:33:37
told the Associated Press the latest actions
should cause concern among companies
00:33:43
in countries that continue to partner with
00:33:47
a Venezuelan state
operated oil company p s
00:33:53
a the u.s.
00:33:55
Action could also lead to the ending of
00:33:58
a special license for Chevron.
The permit has so far kept the
00:34:04
California based company from having
to pull out of Venezuela Chevron
00:34:11
is
00:34:11
a partner in joint operations
with. A Together they
00:34:18
are responsible for about
00:34:20
a 4th of Venezuela's
total oil production in
00:34:25
a statement p.d.
00:34:27
Vs
00:34:28
a condemned the us government for
what it called economic assassination
00:34:35
aimed at taking control of Venezuela's
oil industry foreign minister
00:34:42
Jorge Arriaga said the new actions
would support Venezuela's case
00:34:48
against the administration of u.s.
00:34:51
President Donald Trump Venezuela is
accusing the administration of crimes
00:34:57
against humanity and is taking the case
to the International Criminal Court
00:35:04
Rosen after operates several
oil fields with p.d.
00:35:08
Vs say that it has controlled since
Chavez's government forced u.s.
00:35:14
Companies out of the country but oil
experts say that as the new go to
00:35:20
supplier of the country's crude oil
supplies Rose NAFTA wins 2 ways
00:35:28
1st rose snuffed buys Venezuela's
high quality mat a 16 crude at
00:35:34
a greatly reduced cost it then
uses money from sales of my day
00:35:41
$16.00 to pay down $6500000000.00 lent to
00:35:47
say since 2014 for the purchase of
Russian made weaponry and other
00:35:54
goods. To avoid problems for
buyers in China and India
00:36:00
Rosneft has been using oil transport ships
that try to hide what they are carrying
00:36:08
they turn off their required tracking
systems and carry out risky ship
00:36:15
to ship exchanges off the coast
of West Africa and other areas in
00:36:22
the short term Francisco expects mud
Doro will have to pay more to find
00:36:28
someone else to take on the added
risk of moving the country's oil that
00:36:35
means Venezuela will have even less money
to import food and medical supplies
00:36:42
or repair its failing electricity
infrastructure and with storage
00:36:48
centers already full
production that is already at
00:36:53
a 70 year low is likely to fall
even further he added still
00:36:59
nobody expects oil sales from Venezuela
to dry up completely That is
00:37:06
unless the u.s.
00:37:07
Navy blocks all of the country's
ports the trumpet ministration has
00:37:14
refused to deny it will do so but
has shown no sign of taking that
00:37:20
action the United States leads
00:37:24
a group of now nearly 60 nations
that recognize Venezuelan opposition
00:37:30
leader. As the country's
rightful leader the group
00:37:37
considers Maduro's 2018
reelection illegal in turn
00:37:44
Russia has accused that trump administration
of spreading false information to
00:37:51
engineer and overthrow of the
government. Richard nephew is an energy
00:37:57
researcher at Columbia University
in New York he helped design the
00:38:04
u.s.
00:38:04
Sanctions policy while at the State Department
during the presidency of Barack Obama
00:38:12
nephew sad by not dealing with Rose NAFTA
itself and only going after one of its
00:38:19
many parts the effect on Russia's
continued support for Magaro will likely
00:38:26
be limited This seems more like
00:38:29
a warning shot designed to look bigger
than it actually is he noted it's
00:38:36
shooting someone who is Russian sounding
without really punishing the Russians
00:38:42
themselves several pro Putin
lawmakers were dismissive of the
00:38:48
trumpet ministrations efforts they said
they would appeal to the World Trade
00:38:54
Organization to remove what
they described as unlawful u.s.
00:39:00
Actions I think this issue can
be resolved. To jabber of
00:39:07
a member of Russia's upper house of
parliament told our novo state news
00:39:14
agency they're smart over there
in Rose NAFTA and they will find
00:39:20
a way to get around it I'm
Dorothy Gandhi and I'm Moscow.
00:39:52
Hi everyone today let's
start the program with
00:39:56
a question What is your city
famous for making I'll tell you
00:40:03
my answer New York is famous
for making great pizza Here's
00:40:10
another question that follows the same
structure what are you excited about
00:40:16
learning I hope your answer is how to
make sentences that use adjectives
00:40:23
followed by propositions and Jaron that
is the topic of today's every day grammar
00:40:29
program without even realizing
it you may already know several
00:40:35
adjectives that use this sentence
structure let's look at 3 of them today
00:40:42
interested excited and bored
now listen to 2 sentences that
00:40:49
use the adjective bored and think
about which sounds more natural
00:40:56
Noemi was bored of doing the same
job. Was bored to do the same
00:41:02
job hopefully the 1st sentence
sounds more natural to you
00:41:09
if so your ears are probably accustomed
to hearing the structure we are exploring
00:41:16
today b.
00:41:18
Plus adjective plus proposition
plus Jr and. In the sentence
00:41:24
was is the verb of being bored
is the adjective of is the
00:41:30
proposition and doing is the Geron
and you may remember that a Geron is
00:41:37
a verb form that ends
and i n g and acts as
00:41:42
a noun if the 2nd example sounds more
natural to you you are likely in the
00:41:49
habit of making the common mistake of
using an infinitive after some adjectives
00:41:57
you may remember that
the infinitive form of
00:42:00
a verb is 2 plus its simplest
form as in to do but
00:42:07
think of the adjective plus
prep a zisha in structure as
00:42:11
a signal that some kind of
noun will follow such as
00:42:15
a Geron and or noun phrase
not an infinitive verb
00:42:22
Ok so I mentioned the adjective
interested excited and bored
00:42:29
now let's look at the propositions that
usually come after them listen for the
00:42:36
word that follows interested in the
next example he is interested in
00:42:42
studying abroad the word n.
00:42:46
Is the only prep
00:42:47
a zisha and that can come after the
adjective interested I cannot say for
00:42:54
example I am interested about
studying abroad the good news is that
00:43:01
even though the grammar is not correct the
listener would probably still understand
00:43:07
my meaning Now listen for the
proposition in this example I
00:43:14
am excited about learning to play the
guitar I hope you noted the prep
00:43:20
a zisha about it almost always
follows the adjective excited.
00:43:27
Finally listen for the prep
00:43:29
a zisha And in this example they
were bored of staying inside all day
00:43:37
that's right bored of usually
goes together as you can see in
00:43:44
English specific prep
00:43:46
a zisha ins follow specific
adjectives before we go
00:43:53
let's briefly hear what today's example
sound like in the negative form here
00:44:00
are the 3 examples is not interested
in studying abroad he plans to
00:44:06
travel after he finishes school Noemi
was not bored of doing the same job
00:44:14
she learned something new every day I am
not excited about learning to play the
00:44:20
guitar my father is making me do it
can you see how to form the negative
00:44:28
simply add the word not between the b.
00:44:31
Verb and the adjective but keep in
mind that most native English speakers
00:44:38
use contractions so in real life the
sentences would probably sound more
00:44:44
like he's not interested in studying
abroad and Noemi wasn't bored of doing the
00:44:51
same job so what can you do to
practice the grammar we talked about
00:44:58
today here's one idea try to
familiarize yourself with
00:45:04
a list of about 20 of the most common
adjectives that are followed by propositions
00:45:12
then listen and look for those
adjectives whenever you hear and read
00:45:18
English ask yourself if the speaker
or writer is using the sentence
00:45:25
structure from today's lesson. You
can also practice writing your own
00:45:31
sentences and then use them when
you speak or write English to
00:45:38
friends or practice partners while
today's topic is fresh in your mind
00:45:45
here's
00:45:45
a great way to practice right now
answer 12 or all of these questions
00:45:54
What is your city famous for making
what are you excited about learning
00:46:01
what are you not bored of doing
I am very very interested
00:46:08
in reading your answers I'm Alice Bryant.
00:46:25
Welcome to the making of the
Nation American history in v.o.a.
00:46:31
Special English I'm Bob Doty with Steve
ember we continue the story of the
00:46:37
administration of Herbert Hoover
and we talk about the election of
00:46:43
1932.
00:46:55
President Herbert Hoover worked hard to
rescue the be American economy following
00:47:02
that crash the stock market it
happened in October of 1929
00:47:09
within
00:47:09
a month Hoover called the nation's business
leaders to the White House don't lower
00:47:16
wages the president told them Hoover
called on the bankers at the Federal
00:47:23
Reserve to make it easier for
businesses to borrow money. He tried to
00:47:30
provide funds to help farmers get
fair prices for their crops he
00:47:36
pushed Congress to lower
personal taxes and above all the
00:47:43
president urged Americans not to
lose hope in their economy or in
00:47:50
themselves but the economy
was in ruins falling faster
00:47:56
with each passing day of the crisis
that grew into the Great Depression the
00:48:03
value of stocks had collapsed
millions of workers lost their jobs
00:48:10
the level of industrial production in the
country was less than half of what it had
00:48:17
been before the stock market
crash Hoover's efforts were not
00:48:24
enough to stop the growing crisis in
ever greater numbers people called
00:48:30
on the president to increase federal
spending and provide jobs for people out
00:48:37
of work but the president was
00:48:41
a conservative Republican he did not
think it was the responsibility of the
00:48:48
federal government to provide relief
for poor Americans and he thought it
00:48:55
was wrong to increase spending above the
amount of money that the government
00:49:01
received in taxes the situation
seemed out of control the
00:49:07
nation's government than business leaders
appeared to have no idea how to save the
00:49:14
dollar and put people back to work.
Hoover was willing to take steps like
00:49:21
spending government money to help
farmers buy seeds and fertilizer but
00:49:28
he was not willing to give wheat to
unemployed workers who were hungry
00:49:35
he created and them urgency committee
to study the unemployment problem
00:49:42
but he would not launch government
programs to create jobs Hoover
00:49:49
called on Americans to help their
friends in need but he resisted
00:49:55
calls to spend federal funds for
major relief programs to help the
00:50:02
millions of Americans facing
disaster leaders of the
00:50:09
Democratic Party made the most of the
situation they accused the president
00:50:16
of not caring about the common man
they said Hoover was willing to spend
00:50:23
money to feed starving cattle for
businessmen but not willing to feed poor
00:50:30
children Hoover tried to show the
nation that he was dealing with
00:50:36
a crisis he worked with Congress
to try to save the banks and to
00:50:43
keep the dollar tied to the value of
gold he tried hard to balance the
00:50:50
federal budget and he told Americans
that it was not the responsibility
00:50:57
of the national government
to solve all their problems.
00:51:07
Later in 1931 President Hoover appointed
00:51:11
a new committee on unemployment he
named Walter Gifford to head this
00:51:18
committee. Gifford was chief of
00:51:21
a big company American Telephone
and Telegraph but Gifford did
00:51:28
Hoover more harm than good when he
appeared before Congress Gifford
00:51:34
was unable to defend Hoover's
position that relief was the response
00:51:41
ability of local governments and
private giving he admitted that
00:51:48
he did not know how many people were
out of work he did not know how
00:51:55
many of them needed help or
how much help they needed or
00:52:02
how much money local governments
could raise the situation grew
00:52:09
worse some Americans began to completely
lose faith in their government
00:52:16
they look to groups with extreme
political ideas to provide answers
00:52:23
some Americans joined the Communist
Party others helped elect state leaders
00:52:30
with extreme political ideas
and in growing numbers people
00:52:36
began to turn to hatred and
violence however most Americans
00:52:43
remained loyal to traditional values
even as conditions grew steadily
00:52:50
worse they looked ahead to
1932 when they would have
00:52:56
a chance to vote for
00:52:58
a new president. Leaders of the
Democratic Party felt they had an
00:53:04
excellent chance to capture the White
House in the election and their hopes
00:53:11
increased when the Republicans re nominated
President Hoover and vice president
00:53:17
Charles Curtis in the summer
of 1932 for this reason
00:53:24
competition was fierce for the Democratic
presidential nomination but top
00:53:30
candidate was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
the governor of New York State
00:53:37
Roosevelt had been reelected
to that office by
00:53:42
a large majority just 2
years earlier he came from
00:53:47
a rich and famous family
but he was seen as
00:53:52
a friend of the common man
Roosevelt was conservative in his
00:53:58
economic thinking but he was
00:54:01
a progressive in his opinion that government
should be active in helping people
00:54:09
Roosevelt had suffered from polio
and could not walk he used
00:54:15
a wheelchair although it was
really shown in news pictures
00:54:22
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2 main
opponents were Ausmus and John Garner
00:54:30
Smith had been the governor of
New York before Roosevelt garner
00:54:36
a Texan was the speaker of the House
of Representatives together they hope
00:54:43
to block Roosevelt's nomination and
they succeeded the 1st 3 times
00:54:50
that delegates voted at the Democratic
nominating convention in Chicago.
00:54:57
Roosevelt's chief political adviser James
Farley worked hard to find Roosevelt
00:55:04
the votes he needed at the
convention finally Farley found
00:55:10
a solution he made
00:55:13
a deal with the supporters of John
Garner Roosevelt would make garner the
00:55:19
vice presidential nominee if garners
forces voted to make Roosevelt the
00:55:26
presidential nominee Garner
agreed and on the next vote the
00:55:32
Democratic delegates nominated Franklin
Roosevelt to be their presidential
00:55:38
candidate Al Smith was so angry
about the deal that he left
00:55:44
Chicago without congratulating
Roosevelt Roosevelt wanted to show the
00:55:51
nation that he was the kind of man
to take action that he had more
00:55:57
imagination than Hoover so he broke
tradition and flew to Chicago
00:56:05
it was the 1st time a candidate had
ever appeared at a convention to accept
00:56:11
a nomination. And Roosevelt told the
cheering crowd back together they
00:56:18
would defeat Hoover.
00:56:27
The main issue in the campaign of
1932 was the economy President
00:56:33
Hoover defended his policies Roosevelt
and the Democrats attacked the
00:56:39
administration for not taking enough
action Roosevelt knew that most
00:56:46
Americans were unhappy with the Hoover
administration so his plan during
00:56:53
the campaign was to let Hoover
defeat himself. He avoided saying
00:57:00
anything that might make groups of
voters think he was too extreme but
00:57:07
Roosevelt did make clear that he would
move the federal government into action to
00:57:14
help people suffering from the
economic crisis he said he was for
00:57:20
a balanced federal budget but he
also said the government must be
00:57:27
willing to spend extra money to
prevent people from starving
00:57:35
Americans liked what they heard from
Franklin Roosevelt he seemed strong he
00:57:42
enjoyed life and Roosevelt seemed
willing to try new ideas to
00:57:48
experiment with government Hoover
attacked Roosevelt bitterly during the
00:57:54
campaign he warned that Roosevelt
and the Democrats would destroy the
00:58:01
American system but Americans were
tired of Hoover they thought he
00:58:07
was too serious too afraid of change
too friendly with business leaders
00:58:15
instead of the working man most of
all they blamed Hoover for the hard
00:58:21
times of the Depression on
Election Day Americans voted in
00:58:28
huge numbers for Franklin Roosevelt
and the Democrats Roosevelt
00:58:34
won $42.00 of the $48.00 states
at that time the Democrats also
00:58:41
gained
00:58:42
a large majority in both houses
of Congress the election that
00:58:49
ended 12 years of Republican rule in
the White House it also marked the
00:58:56
passing along conservative period
in American political life.
00:59:02
Franklin Delano Roosevelt would become one
of the strongest and most progressive
00:59:08
presidents in the nation's history he would
serve longer than any other president
00:59:15
changing the face some America's
political and economic systems.
00:59:24
And that's our program for today listen
again to more to learn English 3 stories
00:59:31
from around the world I'm Jonathan
other means and I'm Ashley Thompson.
01:00:22
Conflict in 2016 and
01:00:24
a serious escalation of tensions with
Moscow Meanwhile Turkey is calling on the
01:00:28
international community to impose
01:00:30
a no fly zone in Syria to protect
hundreds of thousands of civilians from
01:00:34
airstrikes in and around it look province
Turkey charges that Russia and Iran
01:00:39
allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad
quote will lose all their credibility if
01:00:44
they fail on their commitment to reduce
violence and hostilities in the embattled
01:00:47
area mainland China's latest report of new
coronavirus cases $337.00 is the lowest
01:00:53
daily number in more than
01:00:54
a month but the figures have risen in South
Korea the hardest hit country outside
01:00:59
China the caseload there has bloomed to
more than 2000 including 256 new infections
01:01:05
and 13 deaths reporting for v.o.a.
01:01:08
In Geneva Lisa she says with global
infection numbers on the rise in dozens of
01:01:12
countries the World Health Organization
is urging all nations to be alert to the
01:01:16
danger and to act on it the World Health
Organization reports the number of new
01:01:21
infections of Corona virus.
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